The Occidental Book of the Dead
The book is doing a lot, but for good reason ... A book for readers seeking wild, ambitious literature ... Even with occasional misfires, The Occidental Book of the Dead just might be something the literary world needs to see more of: It’s ambitious, creative and, most important of all, unapologetic ... It will not be a novel for everyone. It doesn’t want to be. And that’s a large part of why it succeeds.
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Bitterly funny ... A stunning novel ... Johnson has proven that he is one of the country’s finest writers of fiction, and this is his tour de force.
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Dazzling, dizzying ... This book’s sweep is hard to convey. A furious, sly postmodern mystery about a deeply corrupt society ... A stunning novel ...
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